Two 8-Ball Shots Made Last Night

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Just thought that I would share the good time that I had last night and a couple of the shots that I made. It was free pool last night at my local bar and I was able to hold the table most of the night -- only losing two games in about 5 hours.

Get this, even though pool was free -- two times during the night -- everyone there at the time quit playing. I had to feel for them, because I ran the table many times and even when I got into bad situations, I was able to shoot my way out of them.

Here are two different games where I got into trouble on the 8-ball. The first one, I was near the end of a break-and-run and left myself behind one of my opponents balls. I had to shoot practically a full table masse shot and ended-up making the eight where called. (I think that I angled the cue at least 45 deg. for this shot).

The second 8-ball shot I think that my opponent ran down to leave only one ball -- and when running my balls I kissed into the 8-ball and ended-up in the situation depicted. (I hope I displayed this one correctly -- but I think I got it about right). The bank was too tight to bank into the side pocket, so I shot a masse bank that went into the center of the corner pocket.

I made quite a few other great bank shots last night, but I thought that I would just post the most notable 8-ball shots. I'm really not that great of a player, but on a barbox I seem to be able to take my game to a different level sometimes. :D

After I lost my first game after holding the table for about 2 hours, the people in the bar actually clapped for me. (That's the first time that that has ever happened -- and it felt great). Just thought that I would share a night where I really couldn't do too much wrong and I was able to make one incredible shot after another. I hope these days continue. Regards.
 

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Patrick Johnson said:
What's that?

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I don't know if that's the "offical" name -- or even the right way to call the shot -- but it's where I had to jack-up the cue and hit down on the cue ball with a lot of spin. This would be a typical masse shot, except because the cue ball was really close to the object ball -- the cue ball didn't curve, but the spin on the cueball caused the object ball to come off the rail at an extreme angle toward the pocket.

Maybe there is a better name for that shot or way to describe it -- but a "masse bank" sounded good to me...;)
 
Kudos to you. I love nights like that...although I've never had anyone clap for me. :mad: haha. I did have a guy at league last night say (while I was shooting) "man, that'd be a hell of a shot" and his friend said "but that's a hell of a guy right there". I made the shot and got a few high 5's. That always feels good.
 
Sounds good to me... but I suspect you'd get even more effect on the OB if you didn't jack up. I think jacking up is only useful in getting the cue ball to move differently.

In fact, there's a technique called "after-collision masse" (or something like that) where you jack up to make the cue ball curve after hitting the OB. I think Corey used it once in a televised match when the CB and OB were straight into a corner pocket almost parallel with the end rail and he made the cue ball go straight down to the opposite end of the table without hitting any rails. It makes aiming hard, but it makes the girls sigh when it works.

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